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UNIT 6.1 - EARLY ADULTHOOD Flashcards

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A time for work and a time for love, sometimes leaving little time for anything else.

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Early adulthood

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True or False: Transition from adolescence to adulthood occurs from approximately 18 to 25 years of age

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True

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Emerging adulthood is a time during which key changes in identity take place for many individuals: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?

A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives

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B. Identity exploration

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Residential changes peak during early adulthood, a time during which instability also is common in love, work, and education: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?

A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives

A

A. Instability

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Emerging adults “are self-focused in the sense that they have little in the way of social obligations: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?

A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives

A

C. Self-focused

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Many emerging adults don’t consider themselves adolescents or full-fledged adults: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?

A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives

A

D. Feeling in-between

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A time when individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives: which key feature of adulthood does this entail?

A. Instability
B. Identity exploration, especially in love and work
C. Self-focused
D. Feeling in-between
E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives

A

E. The age of possibilities, a time when
individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives

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True or False: Peak physical performance typically occurs between 19 and 26 for adulthood

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True

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Sustained exercise that stimulates heart and lung activity

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Aerobic exercise

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The pattern of behavior characterized by an overwhelming involvement with using a drug and a preoccupation with securing its supply

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Addiction

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Disorder that involves long-term, repeated, uncontrolled, compulsive, and excessive use of alcoholic beverages.

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Alcoholism

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Individual’s behavioral style and characteristic emotional responses

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Temperament

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True or False: Children who had an easy temperament at 3 to 5 years of age were likely to be well-adjusted as young adults.

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True

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True or False: Individuals who had an inhibited temperament in childhood are more likely to be assertive or experience social support and less likely to delay entering a stable job track.

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False

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Have a positive view of relationships and find it easy to get closer to others: this entails which attachment style?

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Secure attachment style

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Are hesitant about getting involved in romantic relationships: this entails which attachment style?

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Avoidant attachment style

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Demand closeness, are less trusting, more emotional, jealous, and possessive: this entails which attachment style?

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Anxious attachment style

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True or False: First impressions can have lasting effects and numerous studies have found that immediate impressions can be accurate.

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True

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Type of love that has strong components of sexuality and infatuation

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Romantic love

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Type of love that is based on a deep and caring affection; desires to have the other person near.

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Affectionate love

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The highest form of love

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Consummate love

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Sternberg’s triangle of love; passion is present, but intimacy and commitment are not.

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Infatuation

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Sternberg’s triangle of love; intimacy and commitment are present, but passion is not.

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Affectionate love

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Sternberg’s triangle of love; passion and commitment are present, but intimacy is not.

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Fatuous love

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Sternberg’s triangle of love; passion, commitment, and intimacy are all present.

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Consummate Love

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Adults that are living together without being married

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Cohabiting adults

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“Help them move away from being consumers by creating more effective work experiences” describes what suggestion for helping adolescents to become more mature on their way to adulthood

A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors
B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents
C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents
D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent

A

A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors

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“Don’t protect them from criticism, constructive or negative” describes what suggestion for helping adolescents to become more mature on their way to adulthood

A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors
B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents
C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents
D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent

A

B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents

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“Many adolescents deny that they need parental support or attachment to parents, but to help them develop maturity on the way to adulthood, they do” describes what suggestion for helping adolescents to become more mature on their way to adulthood

A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors
B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents
C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents
D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent

A

C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents

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“Adults need to do fewer things for adolescents that they can accomplish for themselves” describes what suggestion for helping adolescents to become more mature on their way to adulthood

A. Provide them with opportunities to be contributors
B. Give candid, quality feedback to adolescents
C. Create positive adult connections with adolescents
D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent

A

D. Challenge adolescents to become more competent

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Transferring from the oldest and most powerful
group of students to the youngest and least
powerful group of students

A

Top-dog phenomenon

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Q

Peak physical performance typically occurs between __ and __.

A. 18 and 25
B. 19 and 26
C. 18 and 26
D. 19 and 25

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B. 19 and 26

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Muscle tone and strength usually begin to show signs of decline around age ___.

A. 30
B. 35
C. 29
D. 34

A

A. 30

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True or False: Emerging adults have twice the mortality rate of adolescents, while males being mainly responsible for the increase

A

True

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A serious and pervasive problem for many adults that is linked to an increased risk of hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases

A. Obesity
B. Dieting
C. Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
D. None of the above

A

A. Obesity

36
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Engages in recurrent episodes of eating large
quantities of food, during which they feel a lack of
control over eating

A. Obesity
B. Dieting
C. Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
D. None of the above

A

C. Binge Eating Disorder (BED)

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True or False: By the mid-20s, a reduction in alcohol and drug use often takes place

A

True

38
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Getting generally intoxicated or drink before
going out and socializing or attending in an event

A

Pregaming

39
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An active drug in cigarettes; a stimulant that
increases the smoker’s energy and alertness,
providing a pleasurable and reinforcing experience

A

Nicotine

40
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The stereotyped pattern of role prescriptions for how individuals should behave sexually

A

Sexual Script

41
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“Men are always ready for sex;
women inhibit their sexual
expression” describes which sexual script?

A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation

A

A. Sex drive

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“Men have a physical approach to sex; women have an emotional/relational approach” describes which sexual script?

A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation

A

B. Physical and Emotional Sex

43
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“Men and women should be sexually skilled and knowledgeable” describes which sexual script?

A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation

A

C. Sexual Performance

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“Men initiate sex; Women are gatekeepers” describes which sexual script?

A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation

A

D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts

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“Single women who appear sexual are judged negatively” describes which sexual script?

A. Sex drive
B. Physical and Emotional Sex
C. Sexual Performance
D. Initiation and Gateway Scripts
E. Sexual Evaluation

A

E. Sexual Evaluation

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More common in emerging adulthood; “Hooking up” to have non-relationship sex

A

Casual Sex

47
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Type of casual sex which involves a relationship formed by the integration of friendship and sexual intimacy without an explicit commitment characteristic of an exclusive romantic relationship

A

Friends With Benefits (FWB)

48
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Caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; spread by contact between infected moist membranes (genital, oral-genital, or anal-
genital) of two individuals.

A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphilis
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts

A

A. Gonorrhea

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Caused by the bacterium Treponema
pallidum; The sore can be on the externals, vagina, or anus. Later, a skin rash breaks out on palms of hands and bottom of feet.

A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphilis
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts

A

B. Syphilis

50
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A common STI named for the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, an organism that spreads by sexual contact and infects the genital organs of both sexes.

A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphili
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts

A

C. Chlamydia

51
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Caused by a family of viruses with different strains. Involves an eruption of sores and blisters. Spread by sexual contact

A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphili
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts

A

D. Genital Herpes

52
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Semen and blood are the main vehicles of transmission. Common symptoms include fevers, night sweats, weight loss, chronic fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes

A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphili
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts

A

E. AIDS

53
Q

Usually appear as small, hard painless
bumps in the vaginal area, or around the
anus. Very contagious. Certain high-risk
types of this virus cause cervical cancer and
other genital cancers.

A. Gonorrhea
B. Syphili
C. Chlamydia
D. Genital Herpes
E. AIDS
F. Genital Warts

A

F. Genital Warts

54
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Forcible sexual intercourse with a person who does not give consent

A

Rape

55
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Coercive sexual activity directed at someone with whom the perpetrator is at least casually acquainted

A

Date or acquaintance rape

56
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The following are characteristics of a rapist except?

A. Aggression enhances their sense of power or masculinity
B. Depression
C. Angry at women in general
D. They want to hurt and humiliate their victims

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B. Depression

57
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A manifestation of power of one person over another

A

Sexual harassment

58
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“Young adults engage in solving problems” describes what Postformal Thought?

A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual
B. Provisional
C. Realistic
D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion

A

A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual

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“Young adults become more skeptical about the truth and seem unwilling to accept an answer as final” describes what Postformal Thought?

A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual
B. Provisional
C. Realistic
D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion

A

B. Provisional

60
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“Thinking cannot always be abstract; must be realistic and pragmatic” describes what Postformal Thought?

A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual
B. Provisional
C. Realistic
D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion

A

C. Realistic

61
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“Recognized as being influenced by emotion” describes what Postformal Thought?

A. Reflective, relativistic, and contextual
B. Provisional
C. Realistic
D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion

A

D. Recognized as being influenced by emotion

62
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An ingrained cultural belief that engaging in hard work for long hours through adulthood will lead to status, security, and happiness

A

Career mystique

63
Q

What are the seven principles of a working marriage?

A

Establishing love maps; Nurturing fondness and admiration; Turning toward each other instead of away; Letting your partner influence you; Solving solvable conflicts; Overcoming gridlock; Creating shared meaning

64
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What are the six common pathways after divorce?

A

The enhancers; the good-enoughs; the seekers; the libertness; the competent loners; the defeated

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